The Sisyphus journey — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| A Major Update for The Sisyphus Journey. The Awakening | 2025-08-12 | Emptiness... Emptiness demands transformation. The world must begin to breathe anew... The world must awaken...The Awakening:Now, your persistence matters even more. The world is no longer static: at first, it will greet you with a cold, black-and-white void. But your every effort, every conversation, and every decision made will literally breathe life into it, returning colors, sounds, and new inhabitants. You will see the desolate landscape blossom before your eyes, reflecting your inner progress.What's new in update "The Awakening":New "Living World" Mechanic: Begin your journey in monochrome despair and watch as the world around you fills |
| First Summer Sale! The stone has never been lighter. | 2025-06-02 | Greetings, tireless toilers and connoisseurs of philosophical contemplation! Summer is officially here, and with it comes the first-ever sale for The Sisyphus Journey! I decided there's no better way to celebrate the approaching warmth than by making your overwhelming labor a little more accessible. For one whole week (from 02/06/2025 to 09/06/2025), you can get The Sisyphus Journey at an incredible 40% discount! Start your ascent right now! I guarantee that holding down the right movement key on your way to the mountaintop, repeating your climb time and time again to the stories of this cursed world's other inhabitants, will be much more fun |
| The Journey Begins: The Sisyphus Journey is Now Available on Steam! | 2025-04-23 | Hello everyone! This incredibly exciting day for me has finally arrived. My game, The Sisyphus Journey, has officially seen the light of day and is now available on the Steam store! Considering this is my first game and I don't know what to expect next, the feeling of pressing the launch button is mixed. On one hand, I'm happy that I didn't give up and managed to "roll my stone to the top of the mountain". On the other hand, there's the nervousness and apprehension that comes naturally to anyone forging their path into the unknown. I want to sincerely thank everyone who added the game to their wishlist and supported me along the way! Your sup |
| "The Sisyphus Journey" Demo Updated Before Release! | 2025-04-16 | Greetings, future conquerors of the summit! The release of "The Sisyphus Journey" is getting closer – the game launches on April 23rd! As part of the final preparations, I've introduced a number of improvements and fixes, and I'm happy to announce that I've updated the demo version so you can evaluate the latest changes. What's new in the demo: Localization: Added support for Simplified Chinese. Story and Dialogues: Dialogue texts have been reworked and improved. Visual Improvements: I've updated the graphics, refined the weather effects, and added detail to some environmental elements. Animations: The stone interaction animation has been sli |
| Demo release | 2025-03-25 | Hello everyone! At last, the day has come. Today I released the demo version of my game on Steam. As a true indie developer, I've come a long way from the very start of development to this day, and I'm thrilled to have reached my intermediate goal. I understand that my game isn’t exactly conventional, and it’s hard to put into words why it’s worth playing and what awaits the player. That’s the beauty of indie development—the game turns out exactly as I envisioned it, regardless of industry constraints. Is that a good thing? I don’t know, but it certainly aligns with my vision of art and creativity. By playing the demo, you’ll be able to under |
| Trailer release | 2025-03-13 | Hi, everyone. News of the day: I made a trailer for my game that will better explain the gameplay. Now you can see it in the store page. Making the trailer took me a fair amount of time, since I have no experience in video editing. But I'm happy with the result. Let me know what you think! Another announcment: Yesterday I sent a demo of my game to Steam for review. I hope you will be able to play it soon. Thank you for attention! |
| Dev-log. Explaining gameplay | 2025-03-10 | Someone asked me in dms, what is this game about? I'll tried to give a fast answer, but i could not. And I decided to write a post about it. Briefly about the plot of the story: There was a man (his name might have been Sisyphus, but most likely not. But we will call him Sisyphus). He lived like many others. A wife, two children, nothing remarkable. Day after day, hour after hour, without ambition or success, without purpose or effort. And then came the fateful day. A quarrel with his wife, a slamming door, a bar, a car, the screeching of brakes, the grinding of metal, the sounds of an ambulance... Death. Then comes awakening. This is neither |